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Service
requirements consist of one session of four hours at the Houston
Children's Museum. The museum is open daily, including
weekends. This allows volunteers to plan service hours easily
into their schedule.
Project Description
The Children's Museum of Houston's
commitment to youth extends well beyond its targeted audience of
children, aged six months to twelve years. Since
the Museum's inception in 1981 at its Allen Parkway location, the
Junior Volunteer Program has benefited teenagers throughout Houston by
offering them volunteer opportunities at the Children's Museum. From a
handful of teens in its first years, to a total of nearly 200 in recent
years,
the museum continually strives to involve Houston youth in its
programming.
The Children's
Museum views itself as an educational center for all children. It
believes that
the lifelong love of learning that it hopes to kindle in each child
needs to be continuously nurtured, especially during adolescence.
The Children's Museum believes that its Junior Volunteer Program offers
just the right environment for teens to continue learning while
simultaneously developing skills that will aid them throughout their
lives. And it provides teens the opportunity to work with young
children who tend to view them in awe.
Schedule your service learning
at the museum.
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Many youth
focused special event opportunities are offered to the volunteers as
they become available. Among those offered in years past are the
Dia de la Familia, The Hermann Park Kid’s Fun Run, The Weekend of the
Small Child at the Children’s Museum, and the Children’s Festival.
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